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PM Orbán holds talks with CEO of conservative Tikvah Fund Israel
PM Orbán and Cohen’s meeting was also attended by Balázs Orbán, the PM’s political director and chairman of the MCC’s board of trustees.
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Dear Berliner Zeitung: No, accusations of anti-Semitism in Hungary still do not square with reality
Here we go again: A German leftist media outlet is calling Hungary anti-Semitic when running out of things to say.
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Jewish holiday Hanukkah marked in Hungary
The celebration of Hanukkah — the Festival of Light — goes back to the Jewish retaking of the Temple of Jerusalem from the Greeks in 165 BC.
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Hungarian Jews honored in Israel
209 members of the underground Zionist youth movements that operated during the second world war in Hungary have been honored.
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Deputy PM: Hungary is one of the safest countries for Jews
Hungary maintained zero-tolerance against anti-Semitism, regardless of whether they are connected to the extreme right, extreme left, Jihadists or anti-Israeli sentiments.
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Jewish ghetto liberation remembered in Budapest
András Heisler said the survivors of the Holocaust would soon all be gone “and we’ll be left to ourselves with the duty and curse of remembrance”.
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PM Orbán: Anti-Semitic abuse and harassment of Jewish people is “inconceivable in Hungary”
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has highlighted how Martin Schulz "has been attacking Hungary for years" for defending its borders and refusing to accept migrants.
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Jewish leaders slam opposition politician for his anti-Semitic and racist statements
Several Jewish leaders have slammed László Bíró, a joint candidate of the opposition, for his anti-Semitic and racist statements.
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German ambassador summoned to foreign ministry following Michael Roth anti-Semitism comments
Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, said the Jewish community is safe in Hungary.
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Budapest's Jewish community thrown into chaos over COVID-19 case
The federation of Hungarian Jewish communities (Mazsihisz) and Budapest’s Jewish community BZSH have decided to close down synagogues in the capital for two weeks due to a positive coronavirus case.
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MEP: Jews in Hungary live in safety
Balázs Hidvéghi said although anti-Semitism in Europe’s western countries is growing, Jews in Hungary live in safety.
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Hungary marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day
The government’s measures over the past nine years helped create a milieu in which there is an “unprecedented blossoming of Jewish culture … and security”.
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PM Orbán greets Hungary's Jewish community on Hanukkah
“As in the previous years, I wish you this time again that the light of the Hanukkah candles remind you of the eternal power that holds a community together,” the prime minister said.